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Skyscraper Trees: Good or Gimmicky?
Debating the merits of planting forests on the sides of tall buildings.
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Videos
What the World Needs Is a Superhero to Fight Grime
In Italy, a masked crusader takes to the streets to pick up garbage and scrub dirty windows.
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Here's One Way to Waste Time at the Bus Stop
An Italian street artist has the perfect thing for when the bus is running late: Popping bubblewrap.
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Rankings
The World's Leading Cities for Fashion
The places with a disproportionate impact on what gets made, admired, and sold.
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ESPN's #1 Show in Latin America Is About Cities
For a show ostensibly about soccer, Capitales del Fútbol is extremely low on sports highlights.
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Fill That Vacant Parking Space With a Rent-a-Tree
A designer in Milan creates mobile mini-parks.
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The Big Fix
Does Neighborhood Rebranding Work?
Three international case studies illustrate the challenges of re-naming a place.
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Videos
This Globe-Trotting Restaurant Makes a Pit Stop in London
The CUBE, a mobile restaurant and event space, has graced landmarks in Brussels and Milan. Now it's headed to England in time for the Games.
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Matchmaking Abandoned Properties With Ideas for Reuse
An Italian website compiles crowd wisdom and ideas to utilize vacant properties.
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Sick of City Noise? Just Duck Into This Street-Corner Confessional
Modeled after Catholic confessionals, this portable furniture allows people a private place to chat away from all the hubbub.
